Mouthful

The Mouthful spotlight shines on the year's first apple, our beloved Gravenstein, which will be celebrated through August.

Originally aired in July of 2005, Mouthful talks about the book and the documentary The Secrets of Salsa; and chats with chef Augustin Gaytan.

Mouthful makes radio history with a simultaneous live and identical

tasting in Seattle and Santa Rosa, with Jon Rowley of the Oyster Wine

Competition, eight dozen kumumotos from Taylor Shellfish and four of

the winners of the 2010 competition.

Mouthful visits Big Island, the Hilo Farmers' Market and speaks with vendors selling honey, goat cheese and vanilla; and finds mangosteen trees.

Mouthful chats with Frederique Lavoiepierre - Entymology Program SSU; Terri Toso from Napa Valley Botannicals, Paula Downing - Market Manager of Sebastopol Farmer's Market and the original Santa Rosa Farmer's Market and Ann Wyatt-Lyon from Stella Flora Botannicals.

Mouthful heads to Hawaii to explore kava kava, or awa, the sacred beverage of the Polynesian triangle. This episode focuses on contemporary awa, with a visit to an awa bar in downtown Hilo and a chat with an awa vendor at the Hilo farmers market.

Mouthful welcomes Dr. Daphne Miller, author of "The Jungle Effect: The Healthiest Diets From Around the World - Why They Work and How To Make Them Work For You," which has been released in paperback. Dr. Miller is both a board-certified family physician with a private practice in San Francisco and a professor at the University of California.

Mouthful chats with Alexandra O'Gorman of Hanna Winery, Katherine Couch from the Ceres Project and Jay Ma about the 350 Garden Challenge, Harmony Festival Eco-Garden and iGrow Sonoma.

Members of the Kashaya Pomo and the Manchester-Pt. Arena Pomo tribes discuss the importance of coastal plants and animals in their religious rituals and daily diet, which they are now forbidden to gather. John Stewart of Bovolo, Zazu and Black Pig Bacon joins in with information about May 8's Farm to Feast benefit gala.

Wishing you had better tasting eggs at your fingertips? In an archive edition of Mouthful, Dawn Russell of Ranch Hag Hens discusses the joys of raising your own chickens.